The Tulip production—with over 15 sets and 20 puppets—occurred entirely in Andrea’s 500 sq. ft basement studio. The goal was to create a film that brought together Andrea and Phoebe's artistic aesthetics and storytelling styles. Pre-production began at the end of July 2019, with the writing of the script and character designs. They then roughed out the entire film as an animatic—a shot by shot breakdown edited to the script. All of the talented actors recorded their lines in a voiceover studio in Vermont. Then they were able to begin the physical production process.

Stop motion is created by capturing one still frame at a time with a DSLR camera, then slightly moving the puppet before taking the next photo. The sequence of photos gets strung together to create movement. Tulip was filmed at 12 unique frames per second. In order to retain the handmade aesthetic, no green screens were used. Everything you see onscreen was done in-camera. When puppets are suspended in the air, they are held up with wire rigging, which is then removed in post-production. Andrea was able to produce between 5 and 10 seconds of animation in a day, depending on the complexity of the shot. The animation was wrapped in July 2020, almost a year after beginning our journey.